HMS Rushen Castle (K372)
HMS Rushen Castle (K372) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Castle Rushen in Castletown, Isle of Man.
 HMS Rushen Castle on the River Tyne, February 1944 | |
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Rushen Castle |
| Namesake: | Castle Rushen |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Launched: | 16 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 23 February 1944 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: K372 |
| Fate: | Transferred to British Air Ministry 26 September 1960 |
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| Name: | Weather Surveyor |
| Acquired: | 26 September 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 21 December 1961 |
| Fate: | Sold on 15 July 1977 and converted to a salvage vessel. Scrapped 1983 |
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| Class and type: | Castle-class corvette |
Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, she was launched on 16 July 1943 and finished on 23 February 1944 - she served as a convoy escort during the Second World War.
She was transferred to the British Air Ministry on 26 September 1960 for use as a weather ship, and was commissioned as Weather Surveyor on 21 December 1961. She was sold on 15 July 1977 and converted to a salvage vessel. She was scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht in the Netherlands in 1983.
The wartime commanding officer, R. C. Warwick, RNR, published a book, Really Not Required, detailing his wartime experience on this ship and his previous command, the anti-submarine trawler HMS Saint Loman.
References
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Warwick, Colin, 1997. Really Not Required, Pentland Press, ISBN 1858214777
External links
- Weather Surveyor at www.weatherships.co.uk, including several pictures.
